Seventy-one members of the Chippewas of Saugeen First Nation in Ontario were given expired COVID-19 doses for a month before they were told of the error earlier this week. Wong did not say how many of the 71 community members the ISC has managed to reach. "The department sincerely apologizes for the vaccine error and the concern that it may cause for the members of Saugeen First Nation." "We had to confirm the facts and determine what actually happened," Robert Rice, communications officer for Saugeen First Nation, wrote to the community. The vaccines at Saugeen First Nation, therefore, expired on Aug. 9, and while that was noted on a box, it was not written on the vials themselves.

Source: CBC News September 24, 2021 16:38 UTC